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An aluminum smelter project with a capacity of 1.5 to 2 million tons per year will be constructed in the industrial park in three phases.
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Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
The group also went to the town of La Oroya, which had a smelter that polluted the air for decades and resulted in lead poisoning among the majority of the population.
—Lisa Thorn, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
Since 2000, China has been responsible for 75% of the world’s smelter capacity growth, according to Wood Mackenzie’s data.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
Visual China Group | Getty Images The report outlines that 80% of copper mining produces copper concentrate, which must be processed at smelters and refineries to produce copper cathode.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
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Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
The group also went to the town of La Oroya, which had a smelter that polluted the air for decades and resulted in lead poisoning among the majority of the population.
—Lisa Thorn, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
Since 2000, China has been responsible for 75% of the world’s smelter capacity growth, according to Wood Mackenzie’s data.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
Visual China Group | Getty Images The report outlines that 80% of copper mining produces copper concentrate, which must be processed at smelters and refineries to produce copper cathode.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Smelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smelter. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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smelter
noun
smelt·er
ˈsmel-tər 
1
: a person whose work or business is smelting
2
or smeltery
-tə-rē
: an establishment for smelting
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